Revolution in Scientific Affairs

However, the whole period from 17th to 19th century brought the new changes in people’s lives through new discoveries and inventions in the field of medical and education. The impact of Scientific Revolution in early modern period is an essential factor to create an interest in scientific subjects; amalgamation with religion and philosophy lead towards critical thinking. This critical thinking and observation become a big challenge to the political and religious authorities of the era. The Scientific Revolution enhanced the study of scientific subjects and reduced false beliefs of religion through critical thinking and observations. Scientific Revolution, a period of new discoveries, the year of 17th to 19th century, was the result of Scientific Method.

Lily Benda CIV 202 Professor Heern 23 April 2014 The Enlightenment, a period marked by significant changes in rational thought, secularism, social equality, individual freedom, right to property, and human rights, occurred during the eighteenth century. The scientific revolution of the seventeenth century brought about the fundamental ideas on which the Enlightenment was based. Trade and science at the time were already spreading but during the Enlightenment era, these ideas started in Europe, spread globally, and became popular. This new transformation of thought and everyday life impacted the world on a global scale by bringing up new ways to make the government more rational. During the eighteenth century, these new ideas on scientific thought, advanced technologies, and new interests in trade-helped spread and impact the Enlightenment globally.

The Scientific Revolution was one of the most influential movements in history. It paved the way for modern scientific thought and a whole new way of thinking when it came to the state of nature and human nature itself. Leading off of the Scientific Revolution was the Enlightenment, where the scientific method held sway over not only science but philosophy. The motto of the Scientific Revolution, “knowledge is power,” describes the ever needful desire to attain knowledge about the world around us. Francis Bacon believed that knowledge gained through inductive reasoning (a means of seeking out truth through observing what is happening in the world and coming to conclusions based solely on those observations) was the greatest force of all, and had the power to eventually transform the human race.

He did this by making physics mathematical. Some say that Galileo and Newton were the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution; for Isaac Newton was born a few months after the death of Galileo. Newton's ideas finally ensured the acceptability of the scientific approach. Another great innovator was Sir Francis Bacon, he developed the widely used scientific method. He proved many scientific truths by doing many experiments.

Isaac Newton did several thing that positively affected the scientific community during the Scientific Revolution and still affect society today, he recognized the three laws of motion, discovered gravity, and co-developed calculus. The scientific revolution was a time of inquisition, discovery, and new ideas. The scientific revolution started at the end of the renaissance, with Nicholas Copernicus, who said that the earth revolves around the sun. and ended in the late 18th century, with Isaac Newton, who proposed the three universal laws of motion, and proposed a mechanical universe.1 The scientific revolution lay a foundation for what is now modern science. Many achievements in the numerous fields of science where accomplished in this time period.

The Enlightenment period was a culture movement where philosophers, historians, theologians, and scientist alike began to redefine society. Isaac Newton, prominent for his scientific research, set up the framework for this period as nearly every scientific discovery followed his principles. So what had begun by the likes of scientists Newton and Galileo during the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, gave way to the popularization of science by the 18th century. By the mid-18th century, Franklin, with the help of philosophy, pushed the envelope further than any professional during this period; he challenged widely held beliefs, including his own, by applying the scientific method and employed skepticism. For this reason, science influenced people across various fields to vet their knowledge on the natural world.

It was the 17th century, the time of the Scientific Revolution. Many brilliant men contributed to this time, but it was Newton who solidified their thoughts and theories (Margaret, 10). Isaac Newton is one of the most influential people in the world. He not only invented so many new concepts and ideas, but he brought an understanding of the universe that we live in to people across the world. Isaac Newton not only changed the world with the invention of calculus, but also with his theory of light and color, and his invention of physical science and the law of universal gravitation (Margaret, 11).

Great thinkers after Galileo during the Enlightenment such John Locke, Voltaire, Diderot, Montesquieu and Rousseau shaped the essence of government. As governments progressed, states became secular; the separation of church and state allowed scientists to thrive more than ever before. The financial investments governments began putting towards science led to the inventions of telescopes, microscopes and barometers which gave scientists the means to make accurate observations when conducting experiments. This radical approach to knowledge fueled advancements in anatomy, medicine, biology and

"1 All of the advances that were made during this revolutionary time can be attributed to the founders of the Scientific Revolution. The revolution brought about many radical changes and ideas that helped to strengthen it and the scientists that helped to bring it about became significant persons in history. "The emergence of a scientific community is one of the distinguishing marks of the Scientific Revolution. "2 It was this form of community that gave a foundation for open thinking and observing throughout the sixteenth century and through twenty-first century. It was the first revolution that had more of a dedication to the ongoing process of science than of a goal to achieve scientific knowledge.3 At the time just prior to the revolution, ideas and thoughts had been based strictly around faith and not scientific reasoning.

In the 16th century, this drastic change took place, mainly in science, philosophy and politics. With new discoveries in science, the scientists began to reveal and doubts began to disappear as new discoveries happened, Islam was a great contributor to all of these discoveries. Evolution doctrines were being challenged, to the point that the new doctrines were much more credible. The scientific revolution was a main cause in terms of the growth of secularism in Europe back days. In this revolution writing and discoveries of Scientists like Nicolas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Isaac newton led to a new understanding of the universe, a different world view, which went from interpreting God as a first cause, to a an age of reason, in which we live right now.